Met Éireann has issued another snow and ice warning

When will it end?

It's February and yet there is heavy snow in parts of the country today with Sligo and Galway hit particularly hard. Yesterday, Met Éireann issued a snow ice warning for the entire country and there's an updated one in place with this extended until 6 am tomorrow morning. The alert was issued at lunchtime and it warns that there will be further snow, sleet and hail showers tonight and early tomorrow morning. According to the warning, Ulster and Connacht will be the areas worst impacted by the severe weather conditions.

Update on Status Yellow Snow Ice Weather Warning for Ireland pic.twitter.com/LMT2APzD1E

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) February 11, 2018

It reads:

"Further showers of hail, sleet and snow today and tonight will give additional accumulations of up to 3 cm of snow, with larger amounts on higher ground, especially in Ulster and Connacht".

Early predictions suggest matters will improve somewhat tomorrow with showers becoming isolated and "fair weather" developing, albeit only "for a time". However, snow showers could return on Monday night with the current forecast warning "rain, sleet and snow will continue to spread eastwards through Monday night". You can check out the forecast in full here.